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Re: [PATCH] posix.py: ffix: Correctly format URIs
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] posix.py: ffix: Correctly format URIs |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:11:55 +1100 |
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NeoMutt/20180716 |
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Hi Jakub!
At 2021-01-12T21:51:15+0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > On 1/10/21 7:50 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[regarding groff's an-ext.tmac's .UR/.UE macros]
> > > They use left and right angle bracket special character escapes
> > > (Unicode U+2039 and U+203A)
>
> I think that's a bug in groff. It should use plain <> for URLs, at
> least for tty output devices.
Even for TTY devices that can render angle brackets just fine? Can you
say why?
> * Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>, 2021-01-10, 15:35:
> > I checked, and yes, it renders some character (the character depends
> > on the terminal: on tty I've seen a diamond, and on the xfce
> > terminal something similar (but slightly different) to a
> > parenthesis).
>
> Your console font doesn't support U+2039/U+203A and uses diamond as a
> replacement character.
>
> I have this in /etc/groff/mdoc.local and /etc/groff/mdoc.local as a
> work-around:
>
> . if '\V[TERM]'linux' \
> . tr \[la]<
> . if '\V[TERM]'linux' \
> . tr \[ra]>
>
> (In the long run, I should probably fix the font instead.)
I think this may be another use case for the .soquiet and .msoquiet[1]
requests I have proposed to support possibly-nonexistent or
permission-blocked opens of files; in this case, something like
$HOME/.troffrc or $XDG_DATA_HOME/troffrc.
I don't share Jakub's preference but, with the right tools, I'd defend
to the death his right to configure it. :D
Thoughts?
Regards,
Branden
[1] Or .sofailok or .msofailok or whatever we end up calling them.
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